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Attan, the Afghan National Dance Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on May 18, 2012
Attan, the Afghan National Dance Attan which is referred to as the Afghan National Dance is the very famous Afghan group Dance in Afghanistan. Attan is a very old traditional dance. It is said to have been one of the religious traditions of the pagans living in the area that is called Afghanistan today. This dance…
Types of the letter ی (yaa) in Pashto Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on May 9, 2012
Types of the letter ی (yaa) in Pashto Out of 44 letters in Pashto alphabet five of them are the variations of the letter ی (yaa). These letters are all called “yaa” and look almost alike but they are different letters and have different functions and sounds. Sometimes even the native Pashto speakers are confused by the…
Question Words in Pashto Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Sep 21, 2011
Question words are some of the most commonly used words in a language. And this is true with the Pashto language too. The use of the question words in Pashto is very simple and by only knowing the question words and the “to be” verbs you can make simple sentences. Here we will teach you…
The “to be” Verbs in Pashto Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Sep 15, 2011
The “to be “verbs are verbs that show state of being, (i.e. Am, are, and is). The infinitive of the “to be” verb in Pashto is اوسېدل Osedal. In Pashto, all of the “ to be” verbs in present tense do not share a common stem, for example ده da (she is) and یم yam…
Your First Words in Pashto Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Aug 17, 2011
In order to familiarize you with the Pashto sounds and give you some absolutely essential vocabulary for your Pashto, we have prepared a list of words that contains the words that you are most likely to use when you first arrive in Afghanistan or start to communicate in Pashto. Sometimes knowing even one word in…
Pashto Greetings Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Apr 3, 2011
Greeting people is the first step to knowing them and eventually making friends with them. This is true in Afghanistan too, but it is even more important than it is in many western cultures. Greetings are so important in Afghanistan that some people say Salaam Alaikum (hello) even when returning to a room after only…